Is free will a myth?

[Teeqoz]

RolStoppable said:

Teeqoz said:

But keep in mind, your teacher will also have no choice but to complain and tell your parents, who will have no choice but to ensure there are some reprimands. Depending of course on how the genetics and the environment that your teacher and parents grew up in (both of which they had no choice in picking), which will influence the end result. Similarly, you have no choice but to continue writing sarcastic and amusing comments on the forum. And when or if you stop, you had no choice there either. It was all a result of other factors affecting the chemicals in your brain which leads to you doing one thing and then the other.

Of course, you are just joking here with this post, yet it's the closest you have been to being accurate in this thread.

If you are genuinely interested in knowing more, I could point you in the direction of a lot of material that could probably do a better job at explaining this than I have.

My consciousness is not what's directing my body, it's a passenger. It's not the controlling element, but merely an observer of what's going on.

Yup, that pretty much sums it up. It should be noted that you don't have any control of your conciousness either.